internet access for a LAN

It depends on how much work you want to do, and which method of access is the better fit for your organization. It could be a simple two-step process:

1. Hire a consultant
2. Write the check

A complete answer to your query is probably outside the scope of this forum. Certainly, we can help point you in the right direction, but the actual details of implementation are too lengthy and too specific to be covered here.

Simple internet access with intrusion protection can happen with just about any of the commodity broadband routers avilable from LinkSys, netgear, 3Com, MultiTech, and the like.

Site blocking, user acess lists, access tracking -- things like that -- come from more sophisticated firewalls and proxy servers, such and BorderManager, WinGate, or Micorsoft's proxy.

These sites should offer you a lot of information to resolving your issue. Because there are so many options and possibilities, you'll have to dig down to determine what best fits your needs.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/

http://www.labmice.net/networking/ICS.htm

Delete any spaces in the URLs. Good luck!

Buy a server
Install it
Get Internet connection
Connect it
Install some proxy software
Set up settings

Install Workstations
Set-up settings

Go.